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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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di4m0nd
United States297 Posts
On December 03 2013 09:22 XenOmega wrote: Sorry, I didn't express myself properly. Was asking if i should go with the 660 at 169 -20$ rebate Or should my friend pay more for a superior card (200+$, like r270 or something else) AMD Radeon HD 7870 Crossfire vs Radeon HD 7970 vs Nvidia GTX 680 + Show Spoiler + keep in mind that this video is a year old and some of the bugs are fixed on the 7870CF or look at this video for higher end cars MSI R9 280X Gaming 3G Twin Frozr Overview and Benchmarks + Show Spoiler + EVGA GTX 770 SC w/ ACX Cooler Review & Benchmark + Show Spoiler + here are some options hope this helps | ||
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nosliw
United States2716 Posts
Meaning if one fails at least you have a backup? | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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Ropid
Germany3557 Posts
On December 03 2013 09:52 nosliw wrote: Meaning if one fails at least you have a backup? This particular CPU has enough wiring to the outside for two "channels" of memory. If you fill both channels with similar amount of memory, it will always read and write to two memory sticks at once, doubling the speed for that. When you build your PC, the motherboard's manual will have a recommendation about which slots to put your memory sticks in. That's about that dual channel stuff. | ||
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Disregard
China10252 Posts
2x4GB A-A 2x2GB B-B How would this configuration be running with them set to xmp 1.0 at 1600mhz. | ||
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iTzSnypah
United States1738 Posts
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Ropid
Germany3557 Posts
If it works like that, you'd want to arrange the sticks so that the slower memory gets looked at first. If I understood it right, dual channel should work from start to finish of all 12GB if both channels are filled with 6GB RAM instead of 4GB in one and 8GB in the other. Your board probably shows what timings it got out of the profiles. I can see that if I look at the screen with the manual timing settings. It shows what it wants to use as a grayed out number next to the input fields (all set to "Auto"). Those darkened numbers change immediately (without restart) when I change the profile or MHz. | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20326 Posts
If I understood it right, dual channel should work from start to finish if both channels are filled with 6GB RAM instead of 4GB in one and 8GB in the other. Think of it like Raid 0 If you have: 2gb+4gb 2gb+4gb You write/read like this: 2gb+2gb 2gb+2gb and then run out of data on the left side, so you can only write: 0gb+2gb 0gb+2gb and get bandwidth cut in half Or wait, maybe i'm completely wrong because you can only write to one module per channel at a time | ||
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Rollin
Australia1552 Posts
On December 03 2013 20:59 iTzSnypah wrote: You will still get dual-channel, except that performance will be ever slightly lower (like less than 2% in some programs) than if all the sticks were 4GB. I read that only some motherboards support dual channel with asymmetric channel sizes. Maybe they meant in the one channel, but it didn't seem like it to me. | ||
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Craton
United States17281 Posts
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blade55555
United States17423 Posts
(ASRock Z87 Extreme3) support the i7 4930k or no? I know it supports the i7 4770k, but honestly I can get that other one for only 60$ more just if it doesn't support motherboard obviously not going to get it. And I want to say it probably doesn't, but just want to verify :D | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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blade55555
United States17423 Posts
 . Also that was a super fast response :D | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20326 Posts
Are you upgrading to Haswell, blade? | ||
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blade55555
United States17423 Posts
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Dgiese
United States2687 Posts
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blade55555
United States17423 Posts
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felisconcolori
United States6168 Posts
My motherboard has arrived. Time to double check notes, ensure I have the right websites open, and commence to get this thing built. On the software front, any opinions on the BlackViper services list? Useful, not worth it, etc? | ||
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nosliw
United States2716 Posts
http://www.frys.com/product/7054491 | ||
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